Bot traffic
Blocking a real person is worse than missing a bot
A spam filter that turns away a real customer costs a sale, and nobody ever finds out. A bot that slips through costs one deleted message.
Rabbitproof24 October 2026 · 2 min readSpam bots
Why IP blocklists miss most spam bots
Most spam bots now connect through ordinary home internet connections. A list of bad addresses can't keep up.
Rabbitproof2 min readContact form spam
Contact form spam on WordPress: what it is and how to filter it
Where the messages come from, why the usual fixes fall short, and what to look for in a filter.
Rabbitproof2 min readBot traffic
What bot traffic costs a small website
Hosting bills, visitor numbers you can't trust, and fake enquiries that waste your time.
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